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MR.TAFT IN ATLANTA This Southern City Entertains in Great Style. ALL FORMER EFFORTS OUTDONE After "Talking Thronjri Georgia," Making a Half Speeches, the President Elect is Greeted at the Georgia Capital in True Atlanta Style. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—President elect William H. Taft was Friday in ♦be cordial and hospitable embrace of Georgia. Recognizing the climax of the varied and continuous demonstra tions in the brilliant and imposing •cene presented at the banquet here he exclaimed with evidences of great feeling; ."I had not hoped to win the Sonth, but the South has wen me." The banquet was the most am biti6us event of ita kind the city has ever undertaken. Though partici pated in by more than 500 of the city's representative men, it was gloried in by the entire population. It, and the preceding eloquence of welcome extended to Mr. Taft in bis reception at the Capita and at the Piedmont Hotel, where he was sought by thousands, constitute a brilliant ehapter in his record of achievement* south of Mason and Dixon's line.. Talks Along the Way. "Talking through Georgia" is ■ literal description of his trip from Augurft* to Atlanta. And whereover the speoial train, which Atlanta pro ▼ided, came to a halt there wers cheering crowds evidencing their cor*- diality by floral tributes, by cheers, bands and speeches in which the President-elect was told that he was respected, admired, loved. A little bunch of violets plucked from the grave of Alexander Steph ens and presented by a grandniece of the distinguished Georgian, touched a tender cord and brought forth a warm tribute to the memory of Stephens at Crawfordsville. The young men of Emory College were cheered on their way at Coving ton and the girl students of Agnes Scott Institute at Decatur were ad' dressed as "My Girl Friends" and talked to pleasantly. When Mayor Butler, of Madison, predicted "a term of eight years for Taft" the big Ohioan responded by saying he hoped the major was a true prophet. Atlanta's welcome to Mr. Taft be fan in the railroad ya/ds where all locomotive? tied open their whistles and ceased only when he had retired for the night at his hotel. Thousands were at the station, thousands fol lowed him through the streets as he was dratora by four cream-colored horses to the Capitol. Governor Smith and a committee of seveuty gave him a formal reception, after which the Governor presented him to the tremendous crowd and Mr. Taft once moiXL voiced his reciprocity of oordality and good feeling at his re •eption. He was at once escorted by $ squad of mounted police to the Piedmont Hotel, where he was ten- dered a reception by the chamber of commerce, the Ohio Society and Ytle alumni. . Governor-eloct Brown came with Mr. Tift, Governor Smith received t>im and the officials of the city and State generally participated in his welcome. The features of the banquet includ ed not only the striking appearance of the high, pillared room, with its white walls, and flag scheme of dec orations, but a quaint programme of old-time negro songs illustrating the days, (rung as solo* by preachers, doc ton and judges. The tables were the streamers of two hnge flags, the field of each being formed by the speakers' table aet be fore a forest of palms and ferns. "Di rectly behind the guest of honor *aa an electric flag which not only waved but flashed forth a likeness of Mr. Taft when the President-elect arose to speak. A "Billy 'Posama." After the 'possum, 'taters and 'simmon bear had been served, and the many other courses of the feast, the guests, led by Jhe orchestra, broke Into song. Judge Tsft joined heartily fa the merriment. He was presented with a "billy 'possum" constructed after the manner of the "teddy bear" to be the emblem of his admin istration. He was also made the recipient of » silver pocket water flask, bearing the coat of arms of Georgia, the gift of Mrs. James Loogstreet. What was taken as the most lasting —and satisfactory -feature of Mr. Taft's speech was bis expressed da sire -to appoint to Federal positMlr in tha South only such men as stand high as citizens in the localities in which they live. Mr. Taft said with feeling that he was proud to have been the lint Re publican candidate for the preaideney who bad earned his oanvaaa south of Mason and Dixon's line. v ' -• " « IB.* T»n JO STUDENTS Atlanta's Distinguished Guest la Kept on the Go Visiting the Col leges in and Around the City. Atlanta, Special.—-Having pro claimed Friday night what is to be liis Southern appointing policy, which ia regarded here as constituting the President-elect's important message to the South, Mr. Taft on Saturday manifested his great interest in tech nics] education, in the development of the negro race, in the benefits of university life on the forming char acter of the youth of the future of women teachers and entered with xe«t into the most brilliant social function the city of Atlanta has wit nessed in rears. Mr. Taft spoke to tlje students of the Georgia of Technology I hen to a mass meeting of negroes in Dip Bethel church. Saturday after noon he journeyed to Athens, Ga., where he spoke to the student body of the State Univesity and to the prospective teachers of the normal school, met the people of the city at H reception, and reached Atlanta again in time to attend the recep tion and dinner in his honor given by the Capital City Club, where he met the men of prominence and the women of the social circles of the city. Talks to Students. Interesting among the things Mr. Taft said in the day's speeches was his exhortation to the young men o' the technological school not to lei their desire* for big jobs overbalance their absolute honesty. "The great est liars that I have ever met are unprincipled experts," was his com ment. In his four years as Secretary of War Mr. Taft said he had come ip direet contact with the best engineer! of the world. He gave high praise to the United States army corps of engineers. Having undoubtedly in mind the Panama canal he added: "It is of the greatest aid to men re sponsible for work, although it in volves the expenditure of millions and millions o£ dollars, to be able to turn it over with entire confidence to a corps like that with absolute con fidence that everything will be man aged with absolute honesty and on the highest scale of engineering skill." Score Die in Collision. Glehwood Springs, Col., Special- Twenty persons were killed and thirty injured, many of them seri ously in a head-on collision between westbound passenger train No. 5 and an eastbound freight train on the Denver & Rio Grands Railroad be tweer. Dotsero and Spmne creek, 22 miles from Glenwood Springs Friday night. While nothing official lias been given out as to the cause of the wreck it is esid to have been due tr a misunderstanding of orders on the part of Engineer Oustnf Oleson, of the passenger train. Oleson, ho f \vever claims his instructions were r?ad per fectly, but that he misread his watch thus encroaching on the time of the freight train which was being drawn by two locomotives, the first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Ole son. Train No. 1 was made up of an engine and tender, a baggage car, a smoking car, followed by a chair car tourist sleeper and a full comple ment of standard sleepers and a din ing car. The locomotives are up on end and joined together as one piece of mechanism. Their wheels were rolled down into the Grand river and pieces of machinery are scattered al) over the scene of the wreck. The smoking car was only partly derailed while the chair car immediately fol lowing was completely telescoped by the touring sleeper. None of the standard sleepers left the track and no one was killed or injured in these cars, most of the dead and injured being removed from the ruins of the chair car which was split completely in twa- : n. Marriages Between White* and Blacks to be Made a Grime. Washington, Special.—lf Senator Milton, of Florida, can have his way, miscegenation in the District of Col umbia hereafter will be treated in the courts as a crime punishable by fine of SI,OOO. The Florida Senator baa introduced a bill providing that any person who has one-eighth or more of negro blrod in his veins ahall be considered a* of the African race. Such marrinares are declared to be pull and void, and anv issue result ing from them illegitimate and in capable of inheritance. Tried to Bribe the Judge and is Seat Up. » Leavenworth. Kan., Bpecial.—Act ing Judge Neidlinger, of the District Court here fined Attorney Schwartz sls and committed h'a to the coun ty jail for 90 days for offering the judge a bribe. Attorney Schwartz the judge charged, appeared at tbe Neidlinger home last week and offer ed the judge SSO to give a decision favorable to Scbwart* in a case set for today. , ». . Taft Will Use Automobiles. ,—Washington,—Special.—Tha-—next President of the United States is to pin bis faith on the automobile. That became known when the House com-' mittee on appropriations included in the ■urgent deficiency appropriation bill an item of $12,000 for the pur chase and maintenance of automo biles"for tbe White House. The entire amount earned in the bill ia $1,028,- 802. BIG LAND FRAUDS $110,000,000 Worth Fraud ulently Acquired AN APPROPRIATION IS ASKED Special Agents Report That sllO,- 000,000 Worth of Lands Has Been Fraudulently Acquired Within the Past Two Tears by Corporations and Individuals—Cases Will bo In vestigated. Washington, Special!—lnformation of a startling character of alleged wholesale and astonishing frauds up on the public lands has come into the possession of Secretary of In terior Garfield through special agents in the field. The serious allegation is made that approximately sllO,- 000.000 worth of lands in States prin cipally west of the Mississippi river hove been fraudulently acquired within the past two years by corpora tions and individuals. With a view of recovering these lands. Secretary Garfield on Monday sent letters to Chairman Hale and Tawney of the Senate and House ap propriation committees, respectively, asking for additional appropriation of $500,000, which, if granted, with that already asked for will give the Department $1,000,000 for that pur pose. It is stated that there is reasonable prospect of recovering much of this alleged fraudulently acquired land if the appropriation is promptly made. It is also pointed out that while a million dollars may seem larj?e it is not one per cent of the commercial value of the land which the govern ment may hope to recover. Secretary Garfield also submits * statement of H. H. Schwnrts, chief of the field service, showing over 32>000 distinct cases of allcared land frauds demanding further investiga tion. Among such cases awaiting in vestigations now pending are 19fi0 divided among Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. NO LAW FOR LIBEL SUIT. Senator Rayner Wants the Attorney General to Explain Under What Law tho Newspapers Can Be Sued For Libel. Washington. Special. —A resolution was introduced in the Senate Monday by Senator Rayner, of Maryland, calling on the Attorney General for information concerning the bringing of a suit for libel against certain newspapers. Mr. Rayner asked for immediate consideration, saying the only purpose was to got information whether this suit hnd been ordered; whether it was brought at the in stance ©f the President, under what statute it has been ordered and by what power and authority the courts are being used to forward this suit. The suit which President Roose velt is believed to have ordered brought against the Press Publishing Company of New York, on account of charges in The New York World that certain well-known persons, includ ing Douglas Robinson, the brother in-law of the President, aod C. P. Taft, the brother of tho President elect, were interested, in the purchase of the Panama canal property, in spired the Rnyner resolution. Addressing the Senate in support of the resolution Mr. Rayner said there was no law which warrants n suit for libel of the government. On last Saturday Rix Washington correspondents of out-of-town papers and a local newsboy received sub poenas to appear before federal grand juries and give testimony, pre sumably in connection with stftte ments appearing in their publicatfons bearing on the Panamji canal pur chase. Engineer and Fireman Are Killed. Beagle, Kansas, Special.—A train ran into an open switch here on Mon day and was derailed, the engineer being killed. The engine ran into a string of bunk cars in which Italian laborers were sleeping. Four were killed and several injured. The fire man was dangerously hurt and fiv# vail clerks were slightly hurt Anti-Trust Law Constitutional. Washington, Special.—The Texas State anti-trust law of 1899 and 1903 was held constitutional by the Su {ireme Court of the United Statee n a decision in the famous Waters- Peirce Oil Company cases. The opin ion also decides agfcinst the company and affirms the fine of $1,623,900 or iginally imposed. September 22d 1906, the State of Texas brought suit against the oil compsny in Frairs county to recover penalties and to cancel the company 's permit to do business under anti-trust law, June let, 1907, the cojnpany was found guilty and fined. Oppoeed to Increase In Navy. nosiou, opecuu.' A innuwi mm « against a further increase of the Übited .States navy, signed by 224 clergymen of various denominations in Boston and vicinity was sent to Congress Monday. It is the belief of the ministers that naval preparations have grown so enormously as to be come a distressing burden on the richest nations and an actual menace to the peaee of the world. VETOES STATE-WIDE BILL Tennessee Senate Hears the Chief Executive's Official Disapproval of the State-Wide Prohibition Bill —Opponents of tho Bill See a Ray of Hope—Governor Patterson States His Reasons. Nashville, Tenn., Special.—Gover nor Patterson Tuesday afternoon, filed with the clerk of the Senate a messages vetoing the State-wide pro hibition bill which last week passed by both houses of the Legislature, The Governo; 's action followed ad journment of the Senate, after it had passed, on third reading by a vote of 20 to 13, the bill prohibiting the manufacture in Tennessee of intoxi cating liquors. On origiual pass-age the vote was '2O to 13. In his veto mossag.) Governor Pat terson charges 'Jiat such legislation is against the Democratic platfo.Ui and the doctrine of self-government; that it sets aside the recorded will of the people; that experieneo lias taupht that no arbitrary prohibition lay was ever obeyed and its enact ment brings no settlement of the question; that it destroys property, reduces State revenues, increases taxation, takes money from tho peo ple to send it elsewhere, ferments discord, impairs the dignity of the Commonwealth, forstors hypocrisy aqd invites evasion and deceit in the people. Dr. Woodrow Wilson's Address at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, N. C., Special.—Laud ing Robert E. L#e as the impoison ation of power, puissant but unper verted to a selfish end, hold under absolute control Ity the genius in whom it slumbered, loosed only at the call of exigency and then but for the service of the wholo of society, Dr. Wwodrow Wilson Tuesday night defined tho crucial need of the twen tieth century in America as a general living forth of sound principles of sociology and governmental science interpreted according to the lights and the life of to-day. "The whole face of our national life has dntfnged/' declared the speaker. In the economic field tho old order of work and enterprise has passed utteily away. We must mako use of combinations and of organiza tion lqvn n great serle such as a past generation lu.d not dreamed of, and because new organisation is vast and complicated we can neither express it nor control it by means of the isoUted .ndividuiil endeavor which used to be sufficient for carrying our malcri: enterprises forward. In a return to the principle of individual lesponsibility in person and fortune for acts of violence to the rights of the people, in the enactment and en forcenent of laws regulating giant combinations of capital whose penal ties shall bo visited on tho indivi duals who ore responsible for tho acts, Dr. Wilson found what he con sidered the keynote to remedial meas ures. Centennial of Poo's Bi.th Celebrated at Homo an J Eluewhere Charlottcuville, Va., Special.—The Edgar Allan Poe contenary celebra tion reached its climax Tuesday night when able addresses were delivered by Prof. Ilnrtlett' Wendc'l, of Har *ird, on "Tiifi Nationalism of Poe," and by Clniilos Alohonso Smith,'of the Univcisilv North Carolina, or '' Poe's In fine isce ?*V Hout I>* in Lit erature." A cablegram was raad fiom the Author'sTlub o£ London, and poems by Arthur Christopher Benson, of England, Prof. Edward Don den, of Ireland, and John Koyd, of Canada, were rend. There was also many tributes from distinguished foreign ers. Dr. Charl»s W. Kent presided at tho exercises. The lflth belli* the cenlonninl an niver'ay of Po 's birth New York and many other places "xdobated tha event. Governor Chambc-i«'n Elected Sen ator in Cr^oa. Sa em, Ort., Spc.-iel.—flov. George E. Chainboilnl* i Democrat, was on Tuesday eloc ed United Slates Sena tor to sutf- ed C. V. receiving a majority of each House of the Leg islature, which v 'cd in separate ses sion. Overman Succeeds Himself as United Stat** Senator. Ral»igh, N. C., Spcrtel.—The elec tiou of S'OnatT Leo S. Overman to succeed hirr»»fr* for a second term in 'ho Senate »f iho United States was the feature in both branches of the Oeiwal Assembly. The vote in the Senate w«s .46 to 8 and iu the House 90 to 26, Judge Spencer B. Adams boing h'-nored by th - minority with the coropiiujeniary nomination. The speeches in nomination were made in the Smate b> fenntor Kluttz -and f>cnaior Brit't, respectively, and in tlie House by Representatives Julian and Grant. ~ , Georgia Lumber Cotrpany Get* Big Veridict Against Bont>«m. If&eoti, Ga., Special.— Luuber Corapany was Tuesday awarded n verdict of $9,448.43 againsi. the Southern Railway et al. I'his sutt w».s instituted in connec tion witli the famous Tif: Lumber Company suit versus the Southern Railway et al., alleging »verebars:es. Special Master in Chancery Taltry submitted the report. STATE-TORS WIN Prohibition Carries in State of Tennessee. PATTERSON FOR LOCAL OPTION House Follows Senate in Passing Bill For Prohibition Throughout the State.. Nashville, Special. The very atmosphere about the capital has been pierced and riven by ital has been pierced and riven by the various advocates for State-wide prohibition, while a cross or opjtos ing current has been apparently as strong . The opposers of the measure are of course, divided between local option and legal license. Governor Patterson has declared himself as favoring local option. At 5 o'clock and 2 minutes Tues day afternoon, Sennte Bill No. 1„ providing for the prohibition of the sale of liquor within four iniles of any schoolhouse in the Stato of Ten nessee passed third and final reading in the Senate. The vote cams after five and a half hours of argument, in which almost every Senator ou the floor participated. The final vote was 20 to 13, Seuator J. T. Basker rille, of Sumner, and Senator Daniel Cooper Swab, of Claiborne, voting with the eighteen Senators compris ing the membership of the Crond Alliance. Immediately after the vote was announced the wildest disorer prevailed, and as soon as a motion to adjourn could be put, a wild crowd surrounded Messrs. Holladay and Mansfield, the leaders of tho Allies, and the celebration took on the form of a love feast. Tho debate was replete with sensa tional incidents, the most remarkable of all being Ex-Gov. John I. Cox's speech in defense of his past record and his present attitude toward tem perance legislation, and. the clinrgei if attempted intimidation made by Senator Dancey Fort, of Montgom ery, against Dr. E. K. Folk, whom he termed (lie "high mogul" of the Anti-Saloon League. On Wednesday the Honae voted fi'2 to 3G for tho bill. The measure passed is tho one favorably acted upon by the Senate and now goes to Governor Patterson. He is expected to veto it, but undei tho constitution his veto only opera tes aa a suggestion, not as a stay v and a bare majority may pass the bill over the Executive's unfavor able action. Tho Governor is allow ed to hfld a bill five days. If at the expiration of this time it has not been returned to the Assembly it be comes a law without bis signature. The bill provides that prohibition shall become effective July Ist, The battle attending the passage of the prohibition bill was prohnbly tlt» fiercest ever known in the Ten nessee House of Representatives. For almost seven hours it was waged, the local option, or administration, forces contesting every inch of the ground. Amendment after amend ment was presented, and promptly voted down by about the same ma jority as that given the bill on final passage. A great out|>oiir of oratory Stfßf from both sides. Throughout the discussion the gal leries wero packed and several times tho Speaker, at the request of local optionists, asked the sergeant,-at nrms to exclude visitors from the floor of the House. When the final Vote was announced the cheers from the galleries were deafening, the de monstration on the floor and in the galleries lasting several minutes. The Stato-widers are jubilantly as sorting that the bill will be passed over the Governor's voto by abont the same rote originally received in each house. Shoots His Wife, Then Kills Himself. Alliance, 0., Speeial. Albert Lazinwood, 50 years of age, a farmer living near Bergesolz, shot and kill ed his wife, 55 years old, and then himsolf on the road near Annapolis Friday night. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause. Larinwood and his wife had been estranged and liv ing apart for sevoral months. President la Considering Several Names For the Judgeship.- Washington, Speoial. At the White House it was stated that the President is considering the names of several men which have been pre sented to hiu before gending to the Senate the nomination for Federal judge of the eastern district ot North Carolina. No action will be taken on the matter until Monday oi Tuesday. It was expected the Pres ident would send the nomination of H. F. Sea well, «f Carthage, N. C., to the Senate on Thursday. Charter Granted. —Raleigh,—Special.—The Sfate ha> issued' a charter to the Goldsbon Traction Corrpany, the capital stock being $150,000 and E. T. Oliver, of Raleigh, the chief stockholder. Tim is the company which is building th street railway at Goldsboro, this be log a very important development for that town. ANOTHER MESSAGE President Vetoes a BK Mi Tells Congress Why "GREAT WATER POWER TRUST" Submit® Fimiw to lUaatraW the Trust—Bill Does Not Protect tho Public Interest Washington, Special.—The Presi dent in his message to the Hoaao Fri day vetoing the bill passed by Con gress granting water power privileges from the James river, Missouri, sub mits figures to illustrate the work- Ings of the "water power trust" He says: I return herewith witb »ut my approval House bill 17707 to authorize William 11. St&ndish to sonstruct a dam across James river, Mo., and divert a portion of its waters through a tunnel into the said river again to create electric power. My reasons for not signing tho bill are: The bill gives to the grantee ■ valuable privilege, which by its very nature is monopolistic, and does dot contain the conditions essential to protect the public interest. My rea son for believeing that the Federal government, in granting a license to 3am a navigatable river, has tho power .to impose any conditions it finds necessary to protect the pnb lic, including a charge and n limita tion of the time, is that its consent is legally essential to an enterprise of this character. It follows that Oongress ean impose conditions upon Its consent. Believing that the nat ional government has this power, I am convinced that its power ought to be exercised. The people of the country are threatened by a monop »ly far more powerful, because in far eloser touch with their domestic and industrial life, than . liny thing known to our experience. To givo away, without conditions, this, one of the greatest of our resources, would be an act of folly. The total water power now in use by power plant.* of the United States is estimated hv the Bureau of tho Census at ft,TWO, OOO horse power. In formation collected by bureau corop rations shows 13 large concerns of which the General Electric Company and Westinghmise Electric and Man ufacturing Company, are tho most important, now hold water power in stallations and advantageous power sites aggregating l;04fi,000 horse power, where control by these con cerns pratieally admitted. It is prob able those 13 concerns directly and indireetly control developed water pewer equal to more than 33 pet cent, of the total. The following amendment to an» thorixe this in national forests* *va§ inserted ill last year's agricultural appropriation bill: "And hereafter permits for power 'plants within national forests may bo made irrcrocable, exeept for breach iof (onditien, for sucli term, not ex ceeding ftfty years, as the .Secretory |of Agrieultnre may by regulation prescribe, and land coveted by such permits issued in pursuance of ar» application liled before entry, loca tion, or application, subsequently approved under the act of Juno 11, 190G, shall in perpetuity remain sub ject to .such permit and „ renewals thereof." I repeal tbe words with which I concluded my message vetoing the Rainy river bill: First. There should be a limited or carefully guarded grant in the na ture of an option or opportunity af forded within reasonable time for de velopment of plans and for execution of the project. # Second. Snch a giant or concession should be accompanied in the act making tho grant by a provision ex pressly making it tbe duty of a des ignated official to annual Ibo grant if the work is not begun or plans are not carried out in accordance witb the authority granted. Third. It should a! c o be of some designated official to see 1 it that in approving the plans the mi xi mufti development of the navi gation and power is assured, or at least that in making Ihe plan? may not be so developed as ultimate ly to interfere with the beter utili sation of tbe water or complete de felopment of the power. Fourth. There should he a license fee or charge which, though small or rational at the outset, can in th» future be adjusted so as to seenro a control in the interest of the public. Fifth. Provision should be made for the termination of the grant or privilege at a definite time, leaving to future generations the power or authority to renew or extend the con cession in accordance with the condi tions which may prevail at that time. Further reflection suggests a sixth condition, via: The license should be forfeited up on proof that the licensee has joined in any conspiracy or unlawful com binations in restraint of trade, as is provided for grants of coal lands in Alaska by the act of May 28, 1908. , I will sign no bill granting a pnT iloge of this character which does not contain the substance of these conditions. I esteem it my duty to nse every endeavor to prevent this growing mo* ftopoly, the most threatening whieh MS-ever appeared, from being fasA» taed upon the people of this nation THEODORE SOOSEVKLH. Th* White Home, Jan. 15, 190*. {
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